I am serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Guatemala Retalhuleu Mission.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Don't Forget About Me!

Howdy y’all...

I have some bad news
and some great news.

The bad news - I do
not remember this week AT ALL. I don’t remember what we did, who we talked to,
where we went, or anything. I just remember we worked super hard and all the
days just ran together. It feels like I just wrote you yesterday........

The great news - I’m
still a missionary, and I’m still here in the motherland.

So I will take this
opportunity to think about my
week................................................................................................................................................

I know we did
divisions one day, we taught the Law of Chastity another day, we talked to a
lot of people, we have positive families, and our bishop loves us. Other than
all of that, I really don’t remember.

Please don’t hate
me...

uh oh... it’s going to
rain today......

I don’t really know
what to write this week. I just looked through my agenda, but that didn’t help.

I realized this week
also the importance of studying. I always knew the importance, and I always
liked to study. But I just love it more and more everyday. President Maravilla
always says if we aren’t studying, we don’t have investigators. It’s true. We
study for our investigators, not for ourselves. I always learn more when I’m
studying for someone else, and I always feel the Spirit stronger. I love being
a missionary and being able to feel the Spirit. I really am enjoying every
second of my mission. I love to teach, I love to study, I love the people, and
I sorta kinda am learning to love to plan.... But we always see success when we
plan.

I´m going to have
changes on the 20th. I´m scared to death and scared to death. I will have 6
months in San Luis, my home. I´m a little selfish about San Luis. It is my area,
no one else’s. It will always be my area, and it’s the first place I’m going
back to visit. A dusty old road, with a million churches and tiendas... love
that place.

I love teaching the
truth to people. Elder Aoki and I (and the whole mission) we’re trying to
contact more. Everyday we should set 20 appointments with people we talk to on
the street. WOW that is a lot. So we talk to everyone. I’ve found out, the more
people we talk to, the more rejection we get. Rejection isn’t common in
Guatemala, but it is still there. Every bit of rejection we get, I feel sad for
my hermanos y hermanas in Guatemala. They don’t realize that two jovenes have
the truth, and just want to help. We have the message about the ONLY way we can
make it back to live with our Heavenly Father.

We also have the Book
of Mormon. Elder Aoki and I walk around with Books of Mormon in our hands, so
it forces us to focus on the book. (maybe that’s why we have received more
rejection). The Book of Mormon - Another Testament of Jesus Christ, is the
evidence and proof that our message is true. IF the Book of Mormon is false, I’m
wasting two years of my life, I’m a liar, 56,000 missionaries are liars, and
the church is not true. BUT THE BOOK OF MORMON IS TRUE!!! It teaches us that
Jesus is the Christ, our Redeemer, and our Savior. Joseph Smith was a prophet
of God, called to be an instrument to restore the truth here on the earth.
Through Joseph Smith, Jesus Christ established his church here on the earth
once again. With the exact foundation and principles as it was before. La
Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días es el reino de Dios
aqui en la tierra. I might not speak perfect Spanish, and I know I’m not a
perfect missionary, but that is my testimony, and I will NEVER deny it. If you
have doubts about anything, read the Book of Mormon. Read Alma 7. PLEASE READ
ALMA 7. I love that chapter. It has helped me help my investigators.

I’m sorry I don’t have
much to say............................

Pictures are included.
To get to one area of San Luis, we have to cross a field of sugar cane.. I
think it’s sugar cane. So we snapped some photos of that and then a big tree in
the middle of the field and pictures of the volcano. Cool huh??

I love you so so much.
I miss you too... Remember who you are and what you stand for. We are the light
of the world!

ps, sorry if this
doesn´t make sense, my mind is in spanish mode. I started typing Spanish about
4 or 5 times. I always forget.

I´ve been super
blessed with two things on my missions - the language and my health. Thank you
for your prayers and thoughts and letters... (letters are nice)....... Write
me!!!!